Car-coupling.



10.882,696. PATBNTED MAR. 24, 1908.

Y A. KLINGLESMITH.

GAR COUPLING. APrLIoATIoN mlm) AUG. 2e, 1907 No. 882,696. PATENTED MAR. 24, 1908.

A. KLINGLBSMITH. CAR COUPLING.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 26. 1907.

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CAR-COUPLING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 24, 1908.

Application led August 26,' 1907. Serial No'. 39"*,119-

ing is `a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this speciiication, f

and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon. I

The present invention has for its object to provide an automatic car coupler that will possess strength and durability and that will be perfect in its action and readily couple and uncoupled with comparative ease withlso out danger to the brakeman or other attendant of the road, the coupling being simple in construction and capable of4 being manufactured at a comparatively small cost.

The invention consists in a car coupling constructed substantially as shown in the. drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

vFigure l of the drawings is a perspective view of a portion of the end of a car with my improved coupling connected thereto. li ig. 2 a longitudinal side elevation partly in section showing the two draw-heads of the adjacent cars coupled together. Fig. 3 across section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

in the accompanying drawings A represents a portion ofthe end of a 'car to which the draw-'head B is suitably connected in the usual manner, said draw-head having a mor# tise a upon opposite sides with shoulder l1 to form a stop for the shoulder'c of the coupling links C D. The mortises upon the opposite sides of the draw-head are reversed so\ as to receive the reversed positions of the coupling links, as shown more clearly in Fig. 2 of the' drawings, the links having the usual hooks d to engage the hooks of the links upon the opposite draw-head'.

The Shanks e of the coupling links@ D are seated in the mortise upon the sides of the draw-head and are pivoted thereto by means of the bolts f and nuts g or by any other means vfound'rnost convenient that will adi` mit the coupling links being removed from thedraw-head when desired. The coupling links C D are spring actuated through the medium of the flat springs E secured at their inner ends to the draw-head by any means found best adapted to the purpose, the free ends of the springs bearing upon the back of each coupling link, one spring being connected to the upper side of the drawhead and the other spring upon the under side thereofviene couplingy link moving in an upward direction and the other in a downward direction. The location of the springs upon the two drawheads are shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, ythe section being taken on line 33 of Fig. 2 and looking in the direction of the arrow, the two springs upon one. of the draw-heads being shown in section and the springs on. the opposite draw-head being shown in elevation, which clearly illustrates the position, of the "springs in each draw-head.

The springs E are curved and the extremi- Fig. 2 of the drawings so that the ends only of the springs will bear against the couplinglinks and render the action of the links more perfect and with less friction. The links are uncoupled from each other through the me dium of a`transverse hand-lever F which is of sufficient length to project some distance out beyond the draw-head within convenient The hand-lever F is pivote'd at its center to a clip t' depending from the under side of the draw-head and the lever connects with the coupling-links by means of the hangers y' loosely connecting with eyes lf and with the lever, or any suitable means may be provided for connecting the lever with the links so that by pressing down on one end of the lever the link D will be drawn down and the opposite link C will be forced in an upward direction which will release the links from those at the end of the opposite draw-head.

Having now fully described myinvention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is z- A car-coupler comprising a draw-head having mortises upon its opposite sides with shoulders to form stops, coupling-links seated in said mortises and pivoted thereto and having shoulders to act against the' stops and flat curved springs connected at one end to the draw-head and the opposite end or extremity bent upward, said springs being connected to the draw-head upon the upper and lower sides thereof so that the links will be ties thereof bent upward as shown at h in reach of the person who uncouples the cars.

actuated by the springs in opposite directions, 

